Mr Andrew Ward > Exchange Chambers > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile
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MANCHESTER
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Mr Andrew Ward
Work Department
Personal Injury; Clinical Negligence
Position
Andrew is recommended in the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories as a leading personal injury junior. He represents Claimants and Defendants in high value employers’ liability, public liability and RTA personal injury claims. He has extensive experience of cases involving traumatic brain injury, amputation, chronic pain conditions, functional neurological disorder, paralysis caused by spinal injury, fatal accidents, issues of motor insurance policy coverage and fundamental dishonesty.
Andrew has substantial heavyweight trial experience. His recent cases include Michael Mantey -v- Ministry of Defence [2023] EWHC 761 (KB) and Brian Muyepa -v- Ministry of Defence [2022] EWHC 2648 (KB) (successful defence with a finding of fundamental dishonesty in a £1.5 million and a £3.7 million claim respectively).
He is experienced in representing properly interested persons at inquests.
Andrew was shortlisted for the “Barrister / KC of the Year” award at the Manchester Legal Awards 2023. He is a member of the Attorney General’s Regional ‘A’ Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. He is also a tenant at 12 King’s Bench Walk in London.
Career
Called 2000; Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown
Memberships
- Northern Circuit
- Personal Injuries Bar Association
- Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
Education
- St. Bede’s College, Manchester (1988 – 1995)
- B.C.L., M.A. (Oxon) (Jesus College, Oxford University)
- Astbury Scholar (Middle Temple, 2000)
- Winner of the Middle Temple Rosamund Smith Mooting Competition (2000)
Leisure
Andrew enjoys spending time with his young family. He is a Mansell Patron of Jesus College, Oxford.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Andrew Ward – Exchange Chambers ‘Andrew is extremely knowledgable in respect of military claims with a keen interest and understanding in non-freezing cold injuries. He is an expert in fundamental dishonesty with great written advice, and he is quick on his feet, friendly, and approachable.’
Exchange Chambers is ‘excellent, with a wide range of expert counsel specialising in the area of personal injury’. Its members have substantial expertise in handling high-value and complex claims, including fatal accidents, industrial diseases, and catastrophic brain and spinal cord injuries. William Waldron KC now sits as head of chambers, and he has significant experience in representing claimants who have suffered from severe brain and spinal cord injuries, as well as amputees. Both Christopher Barnes KC and Andrew Ward are notable for their military-related claims work; Ward is currently representing the Ministry of Defence against a claim of over 400 cases regarding non-freezing cold injuries sustained by soldiers during their military service (Bargh and others v MoD). David Knifton KC and Chris Gutteridge exclusively represent claimants in cases arising from their catastrophic and life-changing injuries. Knifton KC represented the claimant in Gheorghe v Bradford MDC, a claim regarding a drowning accident which left an 8-year-old boy with a catastrophic hypoxic brain injury while in foster care. Gerard Martin KC has expertise in claims surrounding amputations, chronic pain, and somatoform disorders, while Louis Browne KC is sought after by both claimants and defendants in cases regarding psychiatric injuries. Alice Dobbie is another key name, and she exclusively represents defendants and often appears before the High Court.